Romantic Relationships and Adjustment in Early Adulthood: The Role of Cross-sex Experience in the Context of Social Norms and Support

Attachment and interpersonal theory suggest a sequential pattern of relationships beginning in the earliest stage of development and progressing to social and eventually romantic relationships. Theoretically, cross-sex experiences have an important role in the progression of interpersonal relationships. Despite the prevalence of these theories about the nature of romantic relationship development, the linkage of cross-sex experience (CSE) to romantic relationships has not been established. Indeed, it is an intuitive assumption, especially within Western society and these theories do not consider socio-cultural factors that may influence CSE and relationship satisfaction. This study addresses the varying contextual factors that may contribute to relationship satisfaction and adjustment, aside from CSE, and is divided into two parts. Study 1, addresses CSE, relationship satisfaction, and adjustment in a unique population, ultra-Orthodox Jews. Among this population, social or romantic CSE is limited and sexes are effectively segregated. Study 2, expanded the study to a larger sample of U.S. college students, to assess the linkage of CSE to romantic relationship satisfaction in a more typical Western population. It included social norm and support variables to address the contextual nature of relationship development and satisfaction. Results demonstrated clear differences in the relation between CSE and relationship satisfaction in the two samples. In the first sample CSE was unrelated to relationship satisfaction; nevertheless, relationship satisfaction was associated with adjustment as it is for more typical populations with greater CSE. These results suggested the importance of specifying how social norms and social support relate to CSE, relationship satisfaction and adjustment. The results from the second sample were consistent with the theoretical framework upon which the social/romantic literature is based. CSE was directly connected to relationship satisfaction. As anticipated, CSE, relationship satisfaction, and adjustment also varied as a function of social norms and support. These findings further validate the influence of socio-cultural factors on relationship satisfaction and adjustment. This study contributes to the romantic relationship literature and broadens our understanding of the complex nature of interpersonal and romantic relationships.

Identity and intimacy as predictors of adolescent adjustment

Stressful developmental transitions related to identity and intimacy may have significant implications for adjustment in adolescence that last into young adulthood. Social and economic barriers experienced by minority adolescents have attracted attention as significant influences on normative developmental processes and psychosocial adjustment. The primary aim of this study was to describe significant relations among identity, intimacy, and adjustment in a sample of adolescents in an alternative school who were at elevated risk for problem behaviors. A sample of 120 multi-ethnic high school students responded to five self-administered questionnaires. In addition to describing significant gender differences in identity, and internalizing problems, this study documented that measures of identity accounted for significant variance in standard measures of internalizing problems using hierarchical multiple regression. The implications of these results for future research and practice are discussed.

Alterações de equilíbrio postural e qualidade de vida em mulheres no ciclo gravídico puerperal

INTRODUCTION: The pregnancy and childbirth cause many changes in a woman's life, whether physical, hormonal, emotional or social. Such changes may affect the postural balance and the quality of life of women in pregnancy and may persist after delivery. To analyze changes in postural balance and quality of life in women in pregnancy and postpartum. METHODS: This study consisted of 47 women participants of the Course for Pregnant Women of the Department of Physical Therapy at UFRN, evaluated during pregnancy (2° or 3° trimester) and in the period 1-8 months postpartum. In all participants was evaluated the postural balance, the Balance Master® in five specific tests: (1) Modified Clinical Test of Sensory Interaction on Balance-MCTSIB; (2) Rhythmic Weight Shift Test - RWS (3) unilateral stance - US, (4) Sit to Stand - STS, and (5) Walk Across - WA. The quality of life (QoL) was assessed by applying the Quality Score of life Ferrans & Powers (IQVFP), both during pregnancy and in the postpartum period. For statistical analysis we used the Statistical Package for Social Sciences software for Personal Computer- SPSS (version 20.0), applying the tests: Shapiro-Wilk to assess the normality of the data; Chi-square to analyze the frequency of postural balance changes in the two groups of pregnancy and postpartum in both groups; McNemar test to analyze balance disorders frequency of related samples in the two time points; to compare the behavior of postural balance during pregnancy and postpartum, and to compare the QoL between the periods, we used the Wilcoxon test; and yet, the MannWhitney test to compare the QoL scores in the two groups of pregnancy and postpartum in both groups. We adopted p-value <0.05. RESULTS: Comparing the postural balance during pregnancy and postpartum in MSTSIB test has statistical difference in unstable surface with closed eyes (p=0.001) and in the US test, the speed of oscillation with right leg with eyes closed (p=0,03). Quality of life, there was statistical difference between the scores only among postpartum groups, the family domain (p=0.03); and to comparing pregnancy and postpartum in domain health and operation (p=0.02) and the Socioeconomic domain (p=0.01). CONCLUSIONS: It was observed that the balance changes present during pregnancy persist postpartum, and the quality of life is considered good by women, both during pregnancy and postpartum.

The association of antihypertensives with postural blood pressure and falls among seniors residing in the community : a case control study

Date of Acceptance: 22/07/2015 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

The association of antihypertensives with postural blood pressure and falls among seniors residing in the community : a case control study

Date of Acceptance: 22/07/2015 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Does worry affect adjustment to bereavement? A longitudinal investigation

This work was supported with a ZonMw TOP grant of the Dutch Association for Scientific Research (NWO), grant number: 91208009.

The association of antihypertensives with postural blood pressure and falls among seniors residing in the community : a case control study

Date of Acceptance: 22/07/2015 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Aspects of postural alignment and postural control relevant for the evaluation and the treatment of idiopathic scoliosis patients

Thèse numérisée par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal.

Aspects of postural alignment and postural control relevant for the evaluation and the treatment of idiopathic scoliosis patients

Thèse numérisée par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal.

Hidroginástica postural : Reflexões e ações

A hidroginástica é uma prática de exercício física praticada em todo o mundo e caracteriza-se por ser de baixo impacto. O presente estudo tem como foco de açao o projeto de extensao intitulado "Hidroginástica Postural Inter geracional para todos" que objetiva oferecer um espaço de hidroginástica a comunidade de Santa Maria\RS. A finalidade desse estudo consiste em relatar a intervençao profissional junto ao projeto de Hidroginástica postural. A metodologia do trabalho consiste em um relato de experiência de como as aulas de hidroginástica sao desenvolvidas no projeto. O projeto de extensao "Hidroginástica Inter geracional para todos" oferta um espaço de exercício no meio líquido a fim de contribuir com a saúde de seus praticantes e atua diretamente na melhoria do quadro clínico de seus alunos. Além do mais, esse projeto possibilita a inserçao de acadêmicos no meio profissional, promovendo um espaço de açao\reflexao sobre as aulas de hidroginástica, contribuindo como o processo formativo dos acadêmicos de Educaçao Física

Hidroginástica postural : Reflexões e ações

A hidroginástica é uma prática de exercício física praticada em todo o mundo e caracteriza-se por ser de baixo impacto. O presente estudo tem como foco de açao o projeto de extensao intitulado "Hidroginástica Postural Inter geracional para todos" que objetiva oferecer um espaço de hidroginástica a comunidade de Santa Maria\RS. A finalidade desse estudo consiste em relatar a intervençao profissional junto ao projeto de Hidroginástica postural. A metodologia do trabalho consiste em um relato de experiência de como as aulas de hidroginástica sao desenvolvidas no projeto. O projeto de extensao "Hidroginástica Inter geracional para todos" oferta um espaço de exercício no meio líquido a fim de contribuir com a saúde de seus praticantes e atua diretamente na melhoria do quadro clínico de seus alunos. Além do mais, esse projeto possibilita a inserçao de acadêmicos no meio profissional, promovendo um espaço de açao\reflexao sobre as aulas de hidroginástica, contribuindo como o processo formativo dos acadêmicos de Educaçao Física

Hidroginástica postural : Reflexões e ações

A hidroginástica é uma prática de exercício física praticada em todo o mundo e caracteriza-se por ser de baixo impacto. O presente estudo tem como foco de açao o projeto de extensao intitulado "Hidroginástica Postural Inter geracional para todos" que objetiva oferecer um espaço de hidroginástica a comunidade de Santa Maria\RS. A finalidade desse estudo consiste em relatar a intervençao profissional junto ao projeto de Hidroginástica postural. A metodologia do trabalho consiste em um relato de experiência de como as aulas de hidroginástica sao desenvolvidas no projeto. O projeto de extensao ?Hidroginástica Inter geracional para todos? oferta um espaço de exercício no meio líquido a fim de contribuir com a saúde de seus praticantes e atua diretamente na melhoria do quadro clínico de seus alunos. Além do mais, esse projeto possibilita a inserçao de acadêmicos no meio profissional, promovendo um espaço de açao\reflexao sobre as aulas de hidroginástica, contribuindo como o processo formativo dos acadêmicos de Educaçao Física

Cape Breton Provides Pointers for the Adjustment Programs Required by the Decline of the Old Economy (Working Paper 14)

The Cape Breton Development Corporation need not, should not, be dying in the way it is. “Devco” has been widely represented as a failure dragged out too long. In fact it had for a time considerable success in a role too difficult to be often attempted. The main failure was in the political will to stick to its purpose. This commentary is in three parts. The first, major section discusses the purpose of Devco and the policies that served the purpose quite well but were maintained for little more than a decade. It suggests that the benefits would have been greater if Devco had been started earlier in the period of postwar prosperity. The second section comments on the enfeeblement of Devco in the 1980s. The removal of its development function also weakened, and has eventually led to the abandonment of, Devco’s social purpose in the operation of coal mining. Third, a short epilogue pointing out that, while the Cape Breton case is extreme, there will be increasing need to moderate the socially disruptive consequences of accelerating economic change. There are lessons from the Devco experience: the longer remedial action is delayed, the more difficult and expensive it becomes, and the more necessary for its effectiveness is a steady political will.

Date adjustment tools : Date rollover and Individual date adjustment

Learning Management Systems (LMSs) have become a larger part of teaching and learning in the modern world. Therefore has Moodle, a free and open source e-learning tool surfaced and gained a lot of attraction and downloads. A purpose of this study has been to develop a new local plugin in Moodle with guidelines from Magnus Eriksson and Tsedey Terefe. A purpose for this project has also been to build a plugin which has the functions Date rollover and Individual date adjustment. Mid Sweden University (Miun) stated that WebCT/Blackboard was in use before Moodle and some other LMSs and the dissatisfaction with WebCT/Blackboard was rife, however some teachers liked it. Therefore WebCT/Blackboard was abandoned and Moodle was embraced. The methods of gaining information has generally been web based sources and three interviews, likewise called user tests. Programs and other aids that have been used include but are not limited to: Google Drive, LTI Provider, Moodle, Moodle documentation, Notepad++, PHP and XAMPP. The plugin has been implemented as a local plugin. The result has shown that the coded plugin, Date adjustment tools could be improved and that it was changed. In the plugin, support for old American English dates were added and the code for using the two functions “Date rollover” and “Individual date adjustment” were rewritten to not interfere with one another. A conclusion to draw from the result is that the plugin has been improved from Terefe’s implementation, although more work can be made with the plugin Date adjustment tools.

Colete Instrumentado para reeducação postural

A coluna vertebral é um dos elementos do corpo humano que mais lesões e danos irreparáveis sofre. Segundo a organização mundial de saúde, 85% da população mundial sofre de dores na coluna e estas representam mais de 50% das causas de incapacidade física transitória ou perma-nente em idade laboral. Uma das principais causas desses danos prende-se com uma postura cor-poral incorreta o que provoca alterações nas estruturas da coluna. Nesse contexto, a existência de um dispositivo capaz de avaliar em tempo real a postura corporal, e que simultaneamente, alerte para a ocorrência de posturas incorretas assume-se como uma mais-valia para a prevenção deste tipo de situações. Neste trabalho é proposto um “colete” instrumentado para reeducação postural, capaz de dotar os utilizadores de informação relativa à sua postura ao nível da coluna vertebral. O dispositivo é com-posto por um conjunto de sensores IMU, estrategicamente colocados para melhor caraterização do perfil da coluna. Os dados sensoriais são classificados por uma unidade de processamento central. Nesta unidade, além de outras funcionalidades, está implementado um classificador cujos dados de treino foram obtidos numa outra tese de mestrado desenvolvida paralelamente. Em caso de postura incorreta, os utilizadores serão alertados através de um sinal sonoro e vibratório. O sistema funciona como um wearable, stand-alone, ou seja, não necessita de qualquer tipo de aplicação ou componente externo. Contudo, foi desenvolvida uma API cujo objetivo é potenciar a utilização do dispositivo noutro tipo de aplicações. Para demonstrar a aplicabilidade da API, foram desenvolvidas duas aplicações, uma para computador e outra para dispositivos móveis Android. Estas permitem monitorizar em tempo real o perfil da coluna, lançar notificações de postura incor-reta, entre outros. O protótipo e as aplicações foram testados em contexto de aula por 10 indivíduos em dois momentos de monitorização distintos, um primeiro momento sem qualquer tipo de feedback ativo e um segundo com feedback ativo. Estes testes serviram para validação de usabilidade, fiabilidade e depuração de erros. Os testes demonstraram que o sistema possui elevado nível de fiabilidade na classificação da postura promovendo a reeducação postural. A totalidade dos sujeitos apresentaram um decrés-cimo percentual no tempo passado com postura incorreta no segundo dia de testes face ao dia de referência em que os sistemas de feedback se encontravam desligados. Em alguns casos, a diminuição atingiu valores próximos de 80%.